Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc
Submission 44 Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc. 16th March, 2006 Committee Secretary Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA Re: Submission by Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc. to Inquiry into Community Broadcasting. Dear Sir/Madam Please find herewith our response to the terms of reference in relation to the Governments inquiry into Community Broadcasting. As a volunteer, with limited time to make this submission, our report will be brief. UGFM - Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc. (3UGE) based in Alexandra, services the towns of Yea, Eildon, Lake Eildon, Marysville, Buxton, Taggerty, Molesworth, Yarck, Narbethong, Thornton and Lake Mountain. All within the Shire of Murrindindi, 120km North East of Melbourne in a mountainous area north of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria. If you need more information or would like to contact me please call my mobile on 0418 576666. Yours Faithfully, Peter Weeks UGFM President To Secretary of Committee Submission into Community Broadcasting from UGFM - Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc. (3UGE) Alexandra, Victoria. Terms of Reference - The Scope and role of Australian community broadcasting across, radio, television, the internet and other technologies As a community radio station serving a mountainous remote area of NE Victoria being primarily the Murrindindi Shire, we provide a diverse range of programs and services to meet our community’s needs. Our station survives on 40 unpaid volunteers with no paid staff, we have open access to all sectors and provide diversity, localism and independence for our community, providing around 16 hours of live programs each day.
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